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Democrats acknowledge Black Lives Matter during debate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates gave a meaningful public nod to the Black Lives Matter movement in their first televised debate, fully adopting its slogan and raising the core concerns stemming from police killings of African-Americans that protesters have articulated while disrupting some of their campaign events.

The candidates were careful to avoid uttering the phrase "all lives matter," showing they clearly learned from confrontations earlier this year with Black Lives Matter protesters. Some in the movement say the phrase "all lives matter" minimizes the deaths of African-American men and women at the hands of law enforcement.

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